# Call for presenters @ FOSCON III

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-for-presenters-foscon-iii/109402>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 14, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-for-presenters-foscon-iii/109402 "2007-07-14T09:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-for-presenters-foscon-iii/109402/1 "2007-07-14T09:19:38Z")

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As my recent post announced, PDX.rb will be putting on another FOSCON  
this year and we’d like to invite you to come entertain us with your  
latest bit Ruby magic. We’re looking for people doing strange things  
with Ruby (pardon the direct theft of Dorkbot’s slogan). Of course,  
what’s defined as strange is open to interpretation. If you’re doing  
anything that you think is unusual or just a little bit odd, we want  
to know about it.

The format is basically 10 slots of 10 minutes each (we’ll break these  
up into two blocks and give everyone a break in the middle). If you  
can make it to Portland on the 24th, we’d like hear your idea for  
anything you’d be interested in talking about. We’ll provide you with  
a projector and a PA.

Send you proposal to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid and we’ll let you know  
by Friday, the 21st, if you’ve been picked.

For more information on the event:

[http://www.foscon2007.com/](http://www.foscon2007.com/)

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-for-presenters-foscon-iii/109402/2 "2007-07-18T22:13:48Z")

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On 7/14/07, Thomas L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> As my recent post announced, PDX.rb will be putting on another FOSCON  
> this year and we’d like to invite you to come entertain us with your  
> latest bit Ruby magic. We’re looking for people doing strange things  
> with Ruby (pardon the direct theft of Dorkbot’s slogan). Of course,  
> what’s defined as strange is open to interpretation. If you’re doing  
> anything that you think is unusual or just a little bit odd, we want  
> to know about it.

If you’re going to be at OSCON or are going to make a special trip to  
Portland just for FOSCON (and why wouldn’t you??), you’ve got 2 more  
days to get a talk proposal for FOSCON in if you want to have some  
chance of knowing for certain whether you’ll get a speaking slot.

Keep in mind that we’re very loose with the interpretation of the  
theme. While we’d be unlikely to get excited about a talk on building  
a basic CRUD app in Rails, we’d love to hear if you’re extending Rails  
in some interesting way or building it on a unique platform (anyone  
doing Rails on embedded platforms, yet?).

~thomas